Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations Used in Text
List of News Sources Cited in Text
List of Maps and Figures in Text
Part One: Theories and Histories: Europeanization and the Post-Communist World Since 1989
Chapter One: From Europhilia to Europhobia? Trajectories and Theories of Europeanization in the Post-Communist World Since 1989
Chapter Two: Europe as a Cultural-Civilizational Construct
Chapter Three: Political Europeanization Since 1989
Chapter Four: Security Europeanization Since 1989
Chapter Five: Cultural-Civilizational Europeanization Since 1989
Part Two: Case Studies
Chapter Six: Russia: Eternal and Incomplete Europeanization
Chapter Seven: The Baltic States: Successful "Return to Europe"
Chapter Eight: Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova: Almost European?
Chapter Nine: The Caucasus States: The Endpoint of Europe or Europe's New Eastern Boundary?
Chapter Ten: The Central Asian States
Chapter Eleven: Conclusion: The Continuing Influence of the Eurocentric-Orientalist Cultural Gradient on European, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics
Bibliography

About the Author

Katherine Graney is Professor of Political Science at Skidmore College, where she has also held the Joseph C. Palamountain Chair in Political Science and directed the Gender Studies Program. She earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. She has published widely on ethnic politics, gender and other aspects of contemporary politics in Russia.

Reviews

"There are very few books that attempt to systematically compare the political trajectory of all 15 post-soviet states since the revolutions of 1989. Graney, however, seeks to fill this massive gap in the literature. She focuses on the theme of Europeanization, since the question of drawing closer to Europe has been central to regional foreign and security policies and to domestic national identity debates... Although economic policy is not directly addressed,
apart from some tables on trade flows, Graney's assessment is informed and insightful throughout. This volume is a singular achievement in covering social, political, and security issues across all 15
former Soviet republics. Both theoretically informed and empirically grounded, it will be invaluable to those teaching post-Soviet politics and for courses on European politics concerned with the EU's eastern policy." -- Peter Rutland, CHOICE
"In this admirably readable study, Kate Graney explores post-Soviet states and societies through the lens of the European cultural and political project. The result is a wide-ranging tour of the region's relationship to Europe that will be of great interest to scholars and students alike."-Mark R. Beissinger, Princeton University
"Katherine Graney has accomplished something that was very needed in the field of post-Soviet studies: an accessibly written, comprehensive, and analytically sophisticated history of the post-Soviet region told from the perspective of the Europeanization processes in the region since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book provides relevant historical context and integrates the global, regional, and national-level processes to make sense of Europe's
contemporary crisis."-Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, King's College London
"Graney makes a major contribution in examining the political and cultural transformations in Eurasia since the fall of the USSR in terms of Europeanization. This is a sweeping analysis that brings together theory and case studies in a compelling interpretive synthesis. It is written in an engaging and readable style, and it should be essential reading for academics and practitioners seeking to understand the intricate relationship between domestic political
trajectories in Russia and the former Soviet Union and their relations with the West." -J. Paul Goode, University of Bath